Magnetospheres of hot Jupiters: hydrodynamic models and ultraviolet absorption
Magnetospheres of hot Jupiters: hydrodynamic models and ultraviolet absorption
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热木星的磁层:流体动力学模型和紫外线吸收
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10.1093/mnras/stv2867
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发表时间:
2015
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4.8
通讯作者:
Alexander R
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作者:
Alexander R
We present hydrodynamic simulations of stellar wind–magnetosphere interactions in hot Jupiters such as WASP-12b. For fiducial stellar wind rates, we find that a planetary magnetic field of a few G produces a large magnetospheric cavity, which is typically 6–9 planetary radii in size. A bow shock invariably forms ahead of the magnetosphere, but the pre-shock gas is only mildly supersonic (with typical Mach numbers of ≃1.6–1.8) so the shock is weak. This results in a characteristic signature in the ultraviolet (UV) light curve: a broad absorption feature that leads the optical transit by 10–20 per cent in orbital phase. The shapes of our synthetic light curves are consistent with existing observations of WASP-12b, but the required near-UV optical depth (τ ∼ 0.1) can only be achieved if the shocked gas cools rapidly. We further show that radiative cooling is inefficient, so we deem it unlikely that a magnetospheric bow shock is responsible for the observed near-UV absorption. Finally, we apply our model to two other well-studied hot Jupiters (WASP-18b and HD 209458b), and suggest that UV observations of more massive short-period planets (such as WASP-18b) will provide a straightforward test to distinguish between different models of circumplanetary absorption.
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2015
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作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1086/524378
发表时间:
2007-10
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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2014
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DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/803/1/9
发表时间:
2015
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
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作者:
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DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/760/1/79
发表时间:
2013-01
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作者:
C. Haswell;L. Fossati;T. Ayres;K. France;C. Froning;S. Holmes;U. Kolb;R. Busuttil;R. Street;L. Hebb;A. Cameron;B. Enoch;V. Burwitz;J. Rodriguez;R. West;D. Pollacco;P. Wheatley;A. Carter
通讯作者:
C. Haswell;L. Fossati;T. Ayres;K. France;C. Froning;S. Holmes;U. Kolb;R. Busuttil;R. Street;L. Hebb;A. Cameron;B. Enoch;V. Burwitz;J. Rodriguez;R. West;D. Pollacco;P. Wheatley;A. Carter